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= Introduction: Lesson 14 =
 * Use the following stories, "Aero and Officer Mike" and "Kids and Critters" to answer questions and analyze the author's craft.
 * Use pages 461-464, 466-468, 471 and 478-480 to answer close reading questions.

= Student Outcomes: =
 * SWBAT understand informational text and apply it to their own life. SWBAT to examine the author's purpose to writing.


 * =Title 1: Aero and Officer Mike= || =Title 2: Kids and Critters= ||
 * =Questions:=

1. On pages 462-463, the author uses a text box to define the word "jargon." Give examples of police "jargon" used in the text. 2. On pages 464-467, the author organizes the information in a unique way. What organizational method did they author use, and why do you think she did this? 3. By looking at the cover page on 461, how can you tell this is a non-fiction text? 4. On page 464, look at the heading "On Duty." What type of information can you expect to see in this section? 5. On page 468, the author uses the word, "quiver." What words around it help to define its meaning? 6. On page 471, Aero goes to the vet. Why did the author include this information in the story? || =Questions:=

1. On pages 478-480, the author uses a newsletter to describe the 4-H club. Why did the author do this? 2. On page 479, the author uses the word "quiver." Compare how the author uses this word in "Kids and Critters" and how it was used in Aero and Officer Mike. 3. How does the author describe the 4-H club? List words that help to describe it. ||

= Summative Questions: =

1. What different things do Aero and Officer Mike do different in the morning compared to what they do at night?

2. How does Aero behave differently when visiting a sick child than when he is on the job?

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